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The Idea of Progress in Classical Antiquity Stephen H. Grant You have probably heard ofLudwig Edelstein characterizes the idea of ""progress"" in Greek and Roman times. He analyzes the ancients' belief in ""a tendency inherent in nature or in man to pass through a regular sequence of stages of development in past, present, and future, the latter stages being'with perhaps occasional retardations or minor regressions'superior to the earlier."" Edelstein's contemporaries asserted that the Greeks and Romans were entirely ignorant of a